Police arrested Long Ry, head of security for the opposition CNRP, and Nuth Rumduol, a CNRP lawmaker-elect, Thursday afternoon, according to Mr. Ry’s wife, bringing to eight the number of CNRP officials who have been charged and detained since an opposition protest turned violent on Tuesday.

Chea Sokuntheany, Mr. Ry’s wife, said that police, in civilian clothes and on motorcycles, surrounded her family’s house at about 3:40 p.m. Minutes later, Mr. Ry received a call from Phnom Penh municipal police chief Chuon Sovann informing him that a deputy police chief would be arriving at the house imminently to take him in for questioning, Ms. Sokuntheany said.

Minutes later, three police cars arrived at the house, and a deputy municipal police chief walked to the door with a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Ry, also a lawmaker-elect, and Mr. Rumduol, who was with Mr. Ry in the house.

“My husband and His Excellency Nuth Rumduol were in my house and they did not resist police,” Ms. Sokuntheany said. “Police told me they are taking him to police headquarters.”

Four CNRP lawmakers-elect, including the party’s public affairs chief Mu Sochua, were arrested on Tuesday after opposition supporters viciously retaliated against Daun Penh district security guards who had attempted to break up a protest to “free the Freedom Park.”

Another lawmaker-elect, Real Camerin, was arrested in Battambang province early Wednesday morning. An assistant to Ms. Sochua was pulled out of a car and arrested near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court later that morning.

On Wednesday evening, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court announced that the group, including Mr. Ry and Mr. Rumduol, were charged with insurrection and incitement to commit a felony, both under aggravated circumstances, according to lawyers on the CNRP’s defense team.

If found guilty, the group, which includes dual citizens of the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and France, faces up to 30 years in prison.

The Cambodia Red Cross donated a total of 140 million riel, or about $35,000, to 37 security guards that were injured after being beaten on Tuesday by opposition protesters demanding the opening of Freedom Park, officials said Wednesday.

Kim Vutha, chief of the Daun Penh district security force, said that three critically injured guards each received 10 million riel, about $2,500, while 19 seriously injured guards each received 5 million riel, or about $1,250. Fifteen slightly injured guards received 1 million riel, about $250, apiece.

“They are fine now,” he said of the injured guards.

Tuesday’s clash saw opposition protesters turn the table on the notoriously violent guards, who have repeatedly beaten CNRP protesters over the past six months.

But unlike previous clashes, the role reversal piqued the sympathy of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC).

The donations were the first time the CRC, a relief organization headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany, has sent funds to those injured during clashes following last year’s disputed election.

Uy Sam Ath, director of the CRC’s disaster management unit, declined to comment on the donations or their political implications.

CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha said at a press conference Wednesday that the donations were evidence of the organization’s bias.

“The worst thing is the CRC—they went to help one side only,” he said. “CRC is meant to help whoever faces accidents.”

Am Sam Ath, technical supervisor at rights group Licadho, said he dare not give his opinion about the donations from the CRC. “But its role and objective is to rescue people from difficulties without political bias.”

The guards also received donations from district and municipal officials. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said that Governor Pa Socheatevong donated about $125 to each of the 22 more seriously injured guards.

Daun Penh district governor Kuoch Chamroeun said donations had poured in today.

“I don’t know about the exact number because there are a lot of generous people.”

Nine opposition members were charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today for their role in a demonstration that descended into brutal violence on Tuesday, party officials and rights groups said.

Of the nine, six were in court and have been sent to pre-trial detention in Prey Sar prison.

Elected lawmakers Mu Sochua, Keo Phirom, Men Sothavarin, Ho Vann and Real Camerin have been charged with insurrection as well as incitement and instigation of violent acts, CNRP defence lawyer Ket Khy told the Post.

“All of them have been sent to Prey Sar prison,” he added.

CNRP chief whip Son Chhay told the Post that two other lawmakers-elect, Long Ry and Nuth Romduol, as well as CNRP member Khin Roeun have also been charged with the same crimes but have not yet been arrested.

Oeun Narith, an official in the CNRP’s public affairs department, faces the same charges, rights group Licadho said.

The charge of leading an insurrection could result in a prison sentence of up to 30 years, according to Cambodia’s penal code.

In a post to her Facebook page yesterday, Sochua said she had been “charged for inciting violence and criminal acts”.

“I will be detained with the rest of my colleagues and youths. This is all unconstitutional, as our parliamentary [immunity] has not yet been lifted. We call on all to stay united and continue our fight for freedom, human rights and liberties,” she said.

Sochua, Phirom and Sothavarin were all initially detained inside the razor-wire barricades surrounding Freedom Park during a morning demonstration on Naga Bridge on Tuesday that saw protesters savagely attack the security guards – well known for acts of violence during government-approved crackdowns – who attempted to forcefully disperse them.